Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-24

have been torn with shot and ruffied with |
the tempest, and they had almost dropped |
into the sea. Some of them have been
making very crooked course. They dip |
ped their wings in fountains Of sin-they |
wandered near the gulf of perdition; but
they saw their danger-they changed
their course. They have come at
last, las doves to the windows"
thank God that have lived to see this
day; To my dying hour shall not cease to
praise Him for this manifestation of His
grace. Praise to Him, sun, moon and
stars! Praise Him, church militant on
Garth! Praise Him, church triumphant in
heaven! Let the church beneath raise up
its right hand Of Equalization and the church
above reach down it's right hand of joy, and
while the two are clasped let the elders OF
the church put to our lips the wine of
earthly celebration, and the cup
hearers of heaven bring up out of the vaults
af eternity the oldest wine, prepared by
Him who trod the wine. press alone, and 80
let two worlds at once keep jubilee
WHO ARE THEsE
who come to us to-day? Many are young.
Until Robert Raikes came, there was no
organized effort for saving the young. We
spent all our strength trying to bend old
trees, when little pressure would have
been sufficient for the sapling. We let
men 90 down to the very bottom Of sin be-
fore we try to lift them mp Ii Is o great
deal easier TO keep tnin ON the tnsck
than to get il on when II Il of. The ex-
perienced rcinsman checks the fiery steed
ut the iirst Jump, for when he gets full
| swing. the swift hoofs clicking fire from
the pavement and the bit between his
teeth, his momentum is irresistible. ID Is
said that the young must be allowed to
SOW their wild oats" have noticed
that those who SOW their wild oats seldom
try to raise any other kind of crop
] have went through the heaviest snow
storm to see
A DYING GIRL
Her cheeks on the pillow was rs white rs
! the snow on tho easement. Her large
round eye had not lost any Of its lustre.
Loved ones stood all round the bed trying
to hold her back. Her mother could not
give her up; her father could not give her
ID.
mother, was frantic with grief. | said:
Fanny, how do you feel?" sc" she
says, happy, happy, Mr.. Talmage; tell
all the young folks that religion will make
them happy Az came out of the room,
louder than all the sobs and wailings Of
grief | heard the clear, sweet, glad voice
of the dying girl: Good night; We shall
meet again on the other side of the river. "
The next Sabbath we buried her. We
brought white flowers and laid them on
the coffin. There was in all that crowded
church but one really happy and delighted
face, and that WAS the face of Fanny. O.
wish that to-day my Lord Jesus would
90 through this audience and take all
these flowers of youth and garland them
on his brow.
But while great flock this day comes
to the dovc-cot ofmercy, the largest flock
are going the other way. 1t is 4 very easy
thing To tame doves Go out with y hand
ful of corn TO feed pigeons, and they will
| fly on your shoulders and your hands, ~
tame are they. God has fed those who are
before me with "the finest of the wheat, "
{ id yet YOU have flown from Him all your
ives long. You have taken your clothes
out of His wardrobe, and your bread out
of His hands. Gods Spirit will not always
strive. In the morning, after u severe
night, you have gone out and seen the
birds dead Oh the snow; so after while,
Gods mercy will cease, aud the earth will
he covered with the bodies Of those who
pcrished in the storm.
| THAT STORM Is COMING.
II will shivcr the mast of pride-it will
drive into the white reefs of death every
cargo of sin The ccdars of the mountain
will split in the hurricane, and the island'
shall be moved ont of their places, aud the
continents shall he rent asunder, and the
hemispheres shall wbirl like top in the
fury of that day. The mountain will be
blasted and the beasts, in alright, bc
pitched from the cliffs in an avalanche OF
terror. The dead shall rush forth from
| their sepulchrcs tO see what IL the matter,
and all those who dcspise God shall horrI-
bly, perish.
Now do you suppose that can stand
! here and know that that day il coming
without telling you about il? My last
resting-place will probably be near yours.
What if, when get up in the resurrection
day, should sec you rushing ut me across
the lots Of the cemetery, and hear you cry
"Why did you not tell me this? IL IL
had not been for your neglect, ] should
have been on the way to glory" ] can
not prepare myself for such u consterna-
! tiOn.
"Can yOu tell me how tar it il 10 HELP"
said Young man as, on Sunday, on horse
back, he dashed past q good Christian dea-
con. At the next turn in the road the
horse threw the scofling rider and he WAS
dead lie wanted to know how far il was
to He'll aud found out without the deacon 3
telling him.
so thou art mounted on swift steed,
whose hoofs strike fire from the pavement
az he dashos past, and you cry out: How
far is it TO ruin?' answer: "Near-yery
near w
Perhaps this very day
| Thy last accepted time may b.:
oh! should'.t thou grlcvo Him now away,
| Then hope may never beam on thee
Oh that my Lord God would bring you
now to see your sin and to fly from il; and
your duty, and help you TO do it, 40 that
when the last great terror Of earth shall
spread its two black wings, and clutch
with its bloody talons foT thy soul, il can
not hurt thee for that thou art save in the
warm doye-eote Of q Saviour's mercy!
Come in! Come inl
EternaIel"Y shalt thou win
COCAINE, IODoFOEM OR MERcURIALs
| in any form III the treatment Of citarTh or
hay fever should bc avoided, a. they are
beth injurious and dangerous. Iod0fOrm